Interpersonal Communication: The Whole Story

by Kory Floyd

Drawing upon his own highly contemporary research on affection in relationships, and on the interplay of communication, physiology, and health, Kory Floyd has crafted a down-to-earth, 21st Century perspective on the complex and nuanced enterprise that is interpersonal communication. To reflect the experiences and expectations of today’s multidimensional student population, Interpersonal Communication: The Whole Story addresses a broader range of interpersonal communication contexts than any other book of its kind--by incorporating “dark side” IPC throughout the text and by including deeply diverse populations in its research-based and everyday examples. Floyd describes this as telling “The Whole Story,” (if not a more accurate one) rather than telling just the part that relates to mainstream populations. Throughout the text, Floyd encourages students to go beyond their “intuitive” notions about interpersonal communication, and helps them see the value in investigating relational processes systematically.

Genres: Textbooks, School

544 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2012

About the author

Kory Floyd is a National Communication Association Book Award winner and the author of ten books. He has been featured on the Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, Huff Post Live, NPR, & BBC Radio. His articles have been published by Glamour, Women’s Health, Redbook, Seattle Times,
In Denver Times, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Dr. Floyd is professor of health and family communication at Arizona State University in Tempe and a research associate with the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson. Floyd received his bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University, his master’s from the University of Washington, and his PhD from the University of Arizona. Kory Floyd is represented by the Linda Konner Literary Agency in NYC.

Reviews

[Nora Winckler · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the most common sensical textbook I have ever spent time reading and how it was every agreed that this could be used to educate anyone is beyond me

[Vanessa · Rating 1 out of 5]

You are almost definitely not going to cross paths with this book unless you are forced to purchase it for a class. If you are forced to purchase this for a class, enjoy plunking down a not inconsiderable sum of money to read about complex philosophical concepts like friendship (apparently, it's a good idea), emotions (there are more than one) and lying (some people are bad at it, some people are good at it, some people make a living selling you textbooks you don't need.)

I have no frame of reference, but I suspect this is at least no better or worse than any other 100-level communications textbook.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

College classes at the age of 49. I'm a late bloomer. This was a favorite resource of mine...and favorite class. I feel everyone in high school should have to take this course and read this book.
I also feel it should be a course taken/book read for all getting married as well.

[Zandrazone · Rating 5 out of 5]

This textbook has helped me so much throughout my career. There are really interesting topics you would never think about unless it was brought to your attention. Recommend 100%

[Rich · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a communications textbook, this was pretty enjoyable. Engaging and entertaining as well as informative. I'm glad it was on my required list.

[Kassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's fine. It's a textbook.

[Jaybird · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was required for my Interpersonal Communications class (shocking!) while I was expecting it to be the normal textbook, the approach this book takes is fantastic. It was easy reading wise and used a lot of pop culture references to tie into the text, which was super appealing and fun. Some of what was covered was common sense, however it did dig a little deeper into *how* we communicate the way we do. Overall it was highly enjoyable and added to my class experience.

[Noah Champoux · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting read. I felt it helped me understand those around me more. While I don't necessarily agree with all of the information inside, I do feel it holds some important nuggets of truth that would benefit everyone.

[Jay Cruz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a required textbook for my Speech class. I definitely learned a lot from the class and it's a book I would recommend reading. But the book has a "wishy washy" tone that's hard to get through at times. It's certainly written for the recently graduated high school student in mind.

[Arun Jawarlal · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a textbook though it follows an informal style by starting off with a short story, quoting movies, TV series and a debunking section. It was quite hard to put down and I could complete it within 4 hours of reading.

[Jitendra Singh]

need information on communication.

[Liberty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was used for my college class on the same subject. It was organized very well and was easy to read and understand for a textbook. The self-quizzes after every chapter were very helpful.